COVID-19: Turning a Threat into an Opportunity for the Circular Economy

Jean Pierre Doussoulin

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Abstract: The current crisis dominates everything from health to day-to-day life. But it will pass over within a relatively short space of time and the economic recession seems likely to reverse the long-standing pattern. Given the gravity of the circumstances, nations have been constrained to undertake unusual approach arrangements. This article proposes a framework of the COVID-19 effect following analysis and comparison of the most prominent concepts of the public health and circular economy. Our paper helps to identify the positions of each of these concepts with regard to public health, environmental sustainability and economic growth. This study enriches the literature on the environmental sciences and public health by providing analysis of the effects of the policies. Finally, this article recognizes that there must be local action priorities that allow for small and sequential wins in economic, health and environmental aspects in the territory.

Keywords: COVID-19; circular economy; waste; health; growth; environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F63 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.94619

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